Against the Tide by Steven Friedman

The International Criminal Court's arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister are the first signs in a very long time that international law which applies equally to all is still possible. How much concrete effect it has will depend not on governments but on whether people campaigning for justice for Palestinians use it effectively

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Steven Friedman is a public commentator and an academic, currently employed as a Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He has been writing on South African politics for the entire democratic period both as a scholar and public commentator. He has published books on South Africa’s transition to democracy, the role of the trade union movement, and current South African politics. He has also written columns and articles for several South African newspapers. His writing seeks to use academic research to shed light on current politics but to ensure that this is conveyed in a way easily understood by people who have no academic training.